Have you just sipped or chugged down fat that could end up ruining your life?
No city or town today is without a McDonald's. It's even worse in the bigger cities like New York,which has one at every corner. But why is that? We all feel that every once and a while the need to relax and take the easy way. Fast food and most convenience foods do exactly that. Even though we fully know the unhealthiness of the food content, we simply don't try hard enough to make an effort of eating a balanced diet.
(There are 13,000-or-so McDonalds in the U.S. Shocking but true.)
So recently there has been scare campaigns to make people eat healthier. they are accompanied with restaurants giving healthier options and schools reducing or cutting out junk food altogether. I think that the measures taken are effective only to a certain extent, since America and Canada still having growing obesity rates. I actually really appreciate the efforts made to solve this problem, but if doesn't make me want to go out of my way to eat healthier. If I do chose to it's because I want to and not because that's my only option. here's a poster for those who feel that the choice of junk food is being taken away:
This is actually contradicting the shown video because it gives people a choice unlike the video which is telling everyone to just stop with junk food, in this case it is pop. The video was disgusting, and it grosses me out, but I'll still be drinking pop. And about the tax.,if it goes through in America,then it will definitely be coming to Canada. I'm not sure if it will go through though because President Obama seems like he's all about giving choices. Letting this tax go through would be taking those away. But let's just say it does go through, I wouldn't want to pay. Why should I have to pay to drink my favourite drink ever, rootbeer! But what will happen to all those companies that make junk food? What if no one buys because they don't want to pay the tax?
I love the idea of a healthy Canada, but at what costs will it be achieved?
The map of United States with the amount of McDonalds opened there surprised me. I can't believe that there are 13,000-or-so McDonalds in the U.S. This definitely doesn't help with the obesity factor. I am also stuck on whether there should be a tax. I do not want to pay more for pop but I really want our nation to be healthier.
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ReplyDeleteWow i usually never noticed the amount of McDonalds there are in USA. But when you put it on a map like this, it looks completely crazy. No wonder so many Americans are on the verge of obesity. Also, what you said about Obama probably not wanting to raise the tax is very true. Many Americans will probably get mad at his decision.
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